Well finally got the Strikemaster Honda Lite out last weekend for three days of fishing. First day auger worked great for most of the day, then failed near the end of the day
. The carburetor started to bind up and stick open, wouldn't close on its own. Took it back to room and played with it for a bit and it freed itself up
. Couldn't see anything wrong, thinking it might have had some ice binding it some how. Decided to spray it with some lube for the heck of it. Used the auger next two days and it worked like a champ
. We had 16-18 inches of ice and averaged 30-50 holes a day, burned about a half tank of gas each day. First start of the day took about 3-4 pulls, from then on, 1-2 pulls depending on how warm it was. You won't win any races with it, but it did a good job cutting the ice.